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for exchange of prisoners and captives between

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and

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during the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896. In the first year of the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 Theodore worked out the prearrangement for peace after arduous and prolonged negotiations, which included the coronation of Simeon as Emperor of the Bulgarians. He participated in a successful campaign against the

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in 917, but in 924 he and Marmais, leading a small army, were ambushed by the Serbs and killed. Their deaths were followed by the Bulgarian annexation in the same year.

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*Иречек, К. История на българите, 119-129. *Божилов, Ив. Цар Симеон Велики, с. 126,142 *Fine (1991) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigritsa, Theodore 9th-century births 924 deaths 9th-century Bulgarian people 10th-century Bulgarian people Medieval Bulgarian nobility Bulgarian people of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars Medieval Bulgarian military personnel Military personnel killed in action People of the Bulgarian–Serbian Wars 10th-century Serbian nobility